Klallam language

E459793

The Klallam language is an Indigenous Coast Salish language of the Pacific Northwest, traditionally spoken by the Klallam (S'Klallam) people of the Strait of Juan de Fuca region in Washington State and Vancouver Island.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Klallam language canonical 6
S’Klallam language 2
Clallam language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish language ⓘ
Indigenous language ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
alternativeName Clallam language ⓘ
linked to: Klallam language

S'Klallam language ⓘ
linked to: Klallam language
closelyRelatedTo North Straits Salish languages ⓘ
Straits Salish languages ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
culturalSignificance key marker of Klallam identity ⓘ
documentedBy Timothy Montler ⓘ
endangermentStatus severely endangered ⓘ
ethnicGroup Beecher Bay First Nation ⓘ
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe ⓘ
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe ⓘ
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe ⓘ
hasOrthography standardized practical orthography ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
ejective consonants ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ
stress accent ⓘ
hasResource Klallam language dictionary ⓘ
Klallam language grammar ⓘ
Klallam language teaching materials ⓘ
historicalStatus primary language of Klallam communities before English dominance ⓘ
languageFamily Salishan languages ⓘ
languageShiftTo English ⓘ
morphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ
region Strait of Juan de Fuca ⓘ
linked to: Juan de Fuca Strait
revitalizationEffort community language classes ⓘ
school-based language programs ⓘ
university collaboration ⓘ
spokenBy Klallam people ⓘ
S'Klallam people ⓘ
subfamily Central Coast Salish languages ⓘ
taughtAt public schools in Klallam communities ⓘ
tribal education programs ⓘ
university courses in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
traditionalRegion Olympic Peninsula ⓘ
Vancouver Island ⓘ
Washington State ⓘ
usedIn cultural ceremonies ⓘ
songs ⓘ
traditional stories ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Straits Salish → closelyRelatedTo → Klallam language ⓘ
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe reservation → hasAssociatedLanguage → S’Klallam language ⓘ
linked to: Klallam language
Klallam (S’Klallam) peoples → language → Klallam language ⓘ
Lekwungen language → relatedTo → Klallam language ⓘ
Klallam language → alternativeName → S'Klallam language ⓘ
linked to: Klallam language
Klallam language → alternativeName → Clallam language ⓘ
linked to: Klallam language
S’Klallam → language → Klallam language ⓘ
Makah → neighboringLanguages → Klallam language ⓘ
Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe → hasTraditionalLanguage → S’Klallam language ⓘ
linked to: Klallam language